1 Samuel 5:2 KJV

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

Matthew Henry

  • Dagon is broken before the arkSee the ark's triumph over Dagon. Thus the kingdom of Satan will certainly fall before the kingdom of Christ, error before truth, profaneness before...

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Cross References

  • Judges 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
  • 1 Chronicles 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
  • Daniel 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
  • Daniel 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
  • Habakkuk 1:11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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Topics

  • Ashdod Dagon’s temple in, where the ark of the covenant was put temporarily
  • Dagon An idol of the Philistines
  • Miracles The falling of the god Dagon
  • Temple Of Dagon, at Ashdod

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • Philistines(Gen 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread...
  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
  • DagonLittle fish; diminutive from dag = a fish, the fish-god; the national god of the Philistines (Judg 16:23). This idol had the body of a...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • When the Philistines פְלִשְׁתִּים pĕlištîm פְּלִשְׁתִּי Noun · masculine plural
  • took וַיִּקְחוּ wayyiqḥû לָקַח Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • the ark אֶת ʾet Object marker אֲרוֹן ʾărôn אָרוֹן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of God הָאֱלֹהִים hāʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • they brought וַיָּבִיאוּ wayyābîʾww בּוֹא Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • it into the house אֹתוֹ ʾōtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Dagon דָּגוֹן dāgôn דָּגוֹן Proper name
  • and set וַיַּצִּיגוּ wayyaṣṣîgû יָצַג Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • it by אֹתוֹ ʾōtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular אֵצֶל ʾēṣel אֵצֶל Preposition
  • Dagon דָּגוֹן dāgôn דָּגוֹן Proper name

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